During our next Book Club session we will discuss "Ravelstein" by Saul Bellow.

Join the Yale Club of France for an autumn walk in the beautiful Fontainebleau forest!

Our walk will take us through a variety of landscapes and points of interest, including majestic fern-covered woodlands, open shrublands, and an ancient fort. If we're lucky, we may even spot a woodpecker!

Please bring snack bars and one liter of water. Please also wear appropriate walking shoes and proper rain gear in case of inclement weather.

A minimum fitness level is required, we will walk for 3 hours without stops. There are no bathrooms during the walk.

Below you can find the agenda :
Meet at 11am at Gare de Lyon

• Take the train to Bois le Rois at 11:16am

• Arrive to Bois le Rois at 11:49am

• Walk in the forest (from Bois le Rois to Fontainebleau). It takes between two and half and 3 hours at a normal pace.

• Take the 3:30pm train back from Fontainebleau to Paris.

• Arrive to Gare de Lyon at 4:14pm.

You can send me a message if you want further information about the walk in the Fontainebleau forest.

RSVP: president@yalefrance.org

During our next Book Club session we will discuss "The New Internationals", by David Wright Faladé.

Venue: Virtual
RSVP: president@yalefrance.org

The Yale Club of France invites you to join Brad Newfield, a French-American guide for Paris Walks. This time we will explore the Two Islands with our friends from the University of Pennsylvania Club.

We will discover the heart of Paris along the Seine and explore 2000 years of its history on Ile de la Cité and Ile St. Louis. We will hear the colorful stories of the aristocrats who first settled Ile St. Louis and built their extravagant mansions and discover the bohemian lives of artists, writers, and composers (Camille Claudel, Hemingway, Baudelaire, Chopin etc.) who also frequented the island and gave it its unique character. On the Ile de la Cité, we will see the impressive outside architecture of Notre Dame, and follow its rebuilding after the tragic fire of 2019.

Brad Newfield, a former Angelino who has lived in Paris since 1994, has a Ph.D in History from UCLA, lectured in History and Communication Studies, and develops walking tours on historical themes in Paris, in order to bring together the city's past and present in untraditional ways.

Price : 10 € per person

RSVP: president@yalefrance.org

During our next Book Club session we will discuss "The Man Who Saw Everything", by Deborah Levy.

Date:  Tuesday, July 1.

Time : 6 pm
Venue: Virtual
RSVP: president@yalefrance.org

The Yale Club of France and the American University Clubs of France (AUC) are pleased to invite you to its Annual Embassy Reception and Summer Cocktail on Monday, July 10th, 2023 at the historic Hôtel Talleyrand.

RSVP: president@yalefrance.org

Price: 55€

Our annual meeting to fulfill our legal obligation as an “Association 1901” will include the President’s review of events, the Treasurer’s report and election of Club officers.

Date: Monday, June 9
Venue: Café in central Paris
Time: 6pm
RSVP: Please email president@yalefrance.org

Come and celebrate summer with the Yale Club with a picnic at Parc Montsouris.

Date: Saturday, May 31

Time : 3pm

Venue: Parc Montsouris. On the main lawn. Bring something to eat and drink.

RSVP: president@yalefrance.org

Location: https://maps.app.goo.gl/biSQ8BWBhXFBEYiYA

During our next Book Club session we will discuss "Plot of America", by Philip Roth.

Date:  Tuesday, May 20.

Time : 6 pm

Venue: Virtual
RSVP: daniel.garcia@aya.yale.edu

Professor David Bell will discuss the French Revolution and what it means to the French today.

David Bell is a historian of the early modern Atlantic world, with a particular interest in the political culture of Enlightenment and revolutionary France. David Bell attended graduate school at Princeton, where he worked with Robert Darnton, and received his Ph.D. in 1991. From 1990 to 1996 David Bell taught at Yale and from 1996 to 2010 at Johns Hopkins, where he held the Andrew W. Mellon chair in the Humanities and served a term as Dean of Faculty in the School of Arts and Sciences. He joined the Princeton faculty in 2010.

https://history.princeton.edu/people/david-bell

Date:  Tuesday, April 15

Time : 7:30 pm

Price: 40 Euros per person

Venue: Member's apartment

RSVP: president@yalefrance.org

Book Club – "The Wisdom of Life", by Arthur Schopenhauer

During our next Book Club session we will discuss "The Wisdom of Life", by Arthur Schopenhauer.

Date:  Tuesday, January 25.

Time : 6 pm

Venue: Virtual
RSVP: daniel.garcia@aya.yale.edu

On March 18, we will have dinner with Cyrus R. Vance Jr., who is a partner at multinational firm Baker McKenzie. He serves as the Global Chair of the Cybersecurity Practice. Before joining Baker McKenzie, Cyrus served three terms as Manhattan District Attorney, overseeing landmark cases.

https://www.bakermckenzie.com/en/people/v/vance-cyrus

Date:  Tuesday, March 18

Time : 7:30 pm

Venue: Charming venue in central Paris.

RSVP: president@yalefrance.org

The Yale Club of France will take part in this winter Yale tradition, which has now gone global. Join us for drinks and casual fun. Look for the Yale sign.

Date: Thursday, February 27

Time : 7:30pm

Venue: The Moose, 16 Rue des Quatre Vents, 75006 Paris

Price : Free

RSVP: president@yalefrance.org

Ilan Zajtmann, a graduate of the Yale School of Music ('23), will be performing at the prestigious Salle Cortot.

Date: Monday February 20

Time : 7pm

Venue: Rue Cardinet, Paris, France

RSVP : link

On February 13, we will have dinner with Tami Luchow Y92. Tami will discuss her latest book, "Poems for a Memory", which is a collection that invites readers to take action, foster community, and build a world that embraces all differences - mental, physical, neurodiverse, and more. The book concludes with an inspiring call to "Join the Circle" and be part of creating meaningful change.

www.tamiluchow.com

Date:  Thursday, February 13

Time : 7:00 pm

Venue: Charming venue in central Paris. Pay for your meal.

RSVP: president@yalefrance.org

On Tuesday January 28, join fellow members for a fun night of Billiards and Pool. All levels (including those who have never played) are welcome.

 
Address: Indiana Club. 77 avenue de Maine. 75014 Paris. Metro Gaite

Cost: €5 per person (in cash when you come) (plus any food or drinks you consume)

During our next Book Club session we will discuss "The Aleppo Codex", by Matti Friedman.

Harpist Héloïse Carlean Jones and baritone Andrés Cascante, who first met during their studies at the Yale School of Music, have both pursued careers in Paris: Héloïse at the Orchestre de la Garde Républicaine and Andrés at the Académie de l'Opéra de Paris. They will join forces on Friday, December 13th for an evening of favourite opera arias, arranged for baritone and harp, as well as for harp solo. Please join us for an evening of wonderful music in the magical and intimate setting of the Instrumentarium de Paris.

https://www.heloisecarleanjones.com

Join us for the annual joint event with our ‘friends’ from Harvard to watch the American Classic - the Yale-Harvard (American) Football Game. At a location TBD.

On November 19th, we will discuss the Graphic Novel, “Radioactive: Marie & Pierre Curie: A Tale of Love and Fallout," by Lauren Redniss

Date:  Tuesday, November 19th

Time : 6 pm
Venue: Virtual (with Google meet application) - link to be given upon RSVP
RSVP: president@yalefrance.org

Abir and Mario Kaloustian P ’26 invite you to join a Yale talk and reception with José García-León, Dean of the Yale School of Music and Professor of Music. The Dean will talk about Music and the Brain over cocktails.
Please RSVP to renee.wellman@yale.edu by October 30. Location given upon registration.
Price: Free
As space is limited, this is open only to YCF members but not guests/partners/spouses.

French-American pianist, Paul Ji, a current Junior at Yale College, will make his debut at the Theatre des Champs-Elysees in Paris. The program is here: https://www.theatrechampselysees.fr/.../recital.../paul-ji
Interested members should buy their tickets directly from the Theatre des Champs-Elysees.

On October 1st we will discuss "The New York Trilogy," by Paul Auster and "Willful Wanderer, " by Nelson Graves.

Date:  Tuesday, October 1st

Time : 6 pm
Venue: Virtual (with Google meet application)
RSVP: president@yalefrance.org

The Yale Club of France invites you to join Brad Newfield, a French-American guide for Paris Walks. This time we will be doing a tour of the Marais. We will explore some of the off-the beaten-path areas.

Brad Newfield, a former Angelino who has lived in Paris since 1994, has a Ph.D in History from UCLA, lectured in History and Communication Studies, and develops walking tours on historical themes in Paris, in order to bring together the city's past and present in untraditional ways.

Date: Sunday, September 29

Time : 2pm-4pm

Venue : Metro St. Paul.

Price : 10 € per person

RSVP: president@yalefrance.org

Join the Harvard and Yale Clubs and Dr. Branden Thornhill-Miller who will be serving up a tantalizing buffet of projects and research from applied psychology and behavioral economics. Farmed from years of his work teaching, researching, and directing programs at Oxford, the Sorbonne, Harvard, Georgetown, and leadership programs around the world, these “vignettes” will focus on the positive and negative human factors that, interacting with technology, are shaping our work, our lives, and our collective futures.  Recently, these interests have led him to establish the “Creative Futures Institute,” a new non-profit think tank.

On September 3, we will have dinner with Yale professor Michel Devoret who will discuss the physics of information and the recent progress of quantum computers.

The discussion will be oriented to a general audience.

Michel Devoret is known for his pioneering and groundbreaking research in the field of quantum computing.

Michel Devoret is the recipient of numerous awards, including the prestigious John Bell Prize. Professor Devoret is an elected member of both the French Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Sciences

Date:  Tuesday, September 3

Time : 7:30 pm

Price: 40 Euros per person

Venue: Member's apartment

RSVP: president@yalefrance.org

On July 11 we will discuss "The Birds" by Aristophanes

Date: Tuesday, March 19

Time : 7 pm

Venue: Virtual

RSVP: president@yalefrance.org

Come and celebrate summer with the Yale Club with a picnic.

Date: Saturday, June 22

Time : 3pm

RSVP: president@yalefrance.org

The American University Clubs of France (AUC) is pleased to invite you to its Annual Embassy Reception and Summer Cocktail on Tuesday, June 11, 2024.

Oxford and Yale will have a joint happy hour on Wednesday 5 June.

Date: Wednesday 5 June

Time : 7pm

Price : Free